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Into the Wild 17 reviews
Sarah Beth Durst
Razorbill, 2008
Fantastic, perfect fairy-tale!
+ And Another Book Read Reviews
+ Quick, Light, Fun Read
+ A Fantastic Story
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Briar Rose 189 reviews
Jane Yolen
Tor Teen, 2002
Review done for summer reading
+ Beautiful Blend of Sleeping Beauty and the Holocaust
+ Such a twisting novel!!!
A wonderfully chilling story that keeps the reader drawn to the mysteries and wondering what the answers to Rebecca's, the main character, questions about her grandmother, Gemma. As Rebecca digs deeper to know her grandmother's true identity and where she came from after her death and the discovery ...
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Shadow Spinner
Susan Fletcher
Recorded Books Inc., 1999
Marjan is a poor, crippled orphan girl, but she is happy living with her aunt and uncle in the Sultans city. Her hero is the beautiful Shahrazad, who has bewitched the Sultan with her nightly tales and thus keeps him from killing other wives. Marjan wonders what Shahrazads life is like in the silken rooms of the palace. She will soon find out. Taken to the palace to help Shahrazad find new tales, ...
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The Door in the Hedge30 reviews
Robin McKinley
Firebird, 2003
And they lived happily ever after
+ adults who enjoy fairy tales
If you look for fantasy books described as "dark and sardonic" then this one is not for you. As other reviewers have noted, there is some darkness here. I didn't sense as much of that as other reviewers have. But, for me, all these stories end with warm fuzziness. I loved them. Who needs to buy ...
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Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" (Once Upon a Time)8 reviews
Cameron Dokey
Simon Pulse, 2007
Loved this one
+ The story of a Rapunzel without any hair?
+ Rapunzel: The Girl Who Was Bald as an Egg
+ My favorite!
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Storyteller-s Daughter 11 reviews
Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2008
Good, but not her best
+ wonderful retelling
+ The Storyteller's Daughter
A retelling of the Arabian Nights tale from the Once Upon a Time series. There once was a king who was deeply wounded by his wife. In response, he walled up his heart and vowed to continually take a bride and kill her the following morning. Hoping to save the kingdom, the future wives, and the ...
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The Princess Tales, Volume 23 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 2004
Wonderful Fairy tales for girls
+ Light and Fun
+ Love this Author
Lovely modern fairy tales with our daughters in mind. My 10 yr old has these tapes as well, and reads them over and over.
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Deerskin175 reviews
Robin McKinley
Ace Trade, 2005
A sublime balance between a fairy tale and a novel, this is a book of great beauty, suffering, and subtlety. Recommended
+ Deerskin
Princess Lissar, daughter of a handsome king and the most beautiful woman in seven kingdoms, has little interest in the court. But her mother's death brings a gift and a curse: Ash, her dog and loyal companion; and her father's lust which forces her to flee her kingdom for a journey of survival, ...
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Goose Chase39 reviews
Patrice Kindl
Puffin, 2002
No helpless princess here!
+ A Really Sweet Story
+ The Book Of Great Deal
+ A silly, amusing "fairy" tale
+ Goose Chase
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The Goose Girl (Books of Bayern) 159 reviews
Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2005
Goose Girl is Pure Fantasy Fun
+ It had me gripping the pages.
+ My daughters FAVORITE!
+ Wonderful uplifting story
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The Princess Tales, Volume I11 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 2002
Awesome, Unique Princess Stories to tell your children
+ Fun retellings of familiar favorites
+ My daughter loves these stories
+ 2nd Quater Book Project
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Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" (Once Upon a Time)13 reviews
Cameron Dokey
Simon Pulse, 2006
Unique take on classic tale
+ Fresh take on an overdone fairy tale~
+ Great re-telling of Sleeping Beauty, starts a bit slow
A retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty from the Once Upon a Time series.
As in Dokey's Belle, this retelling seems to have very little to do with the fairy tale for the majority of the book. Unlike Belle, this fact does not detract from the story in any way. The basic set up for the ...
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Zel90 reviews
Donna Jo Napoli
Puffin, 1998
Lovely!
+ nice
Donna jo Napoli is a very talented author, her expressions, details, and layout are so perfectly done in this book.
Some people dont like that "zel" is written in present tense, but from that viewpoint you grasp a lot more than you would otherwise, and besides, after the first page or so you are ...
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Palace of Mirrors42 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2008
I loved "Palace of Mirrors"!
+ Not Your Average Princess Story "Minor Spoilers"
+ Sweet, and Inviting
"Palace of Mirrors" is one of my favorite Margaret Peterson Haddix books! It was full of twists-and-turns and it kept my attention every single second. I love how Margaret Peterson Haddix incorporated Ella from "Just Ella" in this book because I wanted to know more about her but I didn't want ...
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Sirena122 reviews
Donna Jo Napoli
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2000
Lovely book
+ Should be required reading
+ Alright but...
If you enjoy reading some Greek myths, or about mermaids, you will very likely enjoy Sirena.
I read this book several years ago, as a teen in high school. I found it sad, but not depressing. There is death early on in the book. A nice love story, there is some violence and sex (not described in ...
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast273 reviews
Robin Mckinley
HarperTeen, 2005
One of my all-time favorite books
+ Classic tale with few flaws (4 1/2 stars)
+ Brilliant retelling of the tale of Beauty and the Beast
+ Eminently rereadable
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East88 reviews
Edith Pattou
Graphia, 2005
Great fantasy from the North!
+ Very glad I bought this
+ a wonderful story of a grand and epic journey
+ Great Read
+ One of the best fairy tale re-tellings I've read!
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Just Ella196 reviews
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Simon Pulse, 2007
Wonderful Retelling of Cinderella
+ Ella: Miss Independent
+ "Just Ella" was an interesting story.
+ a great "GO GIRL" book!
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Beast52 reviews
Donna Jo Napoli, Rafal Olbinski
Simon Pulse, 2004
Beast
+ Beast
+ Sexy and enchanting
I really liked this story as a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Per Ms. Napoli this story has roots from an earlier version told by a Mr. Lamb in the 1800's where the Beast was a Persian Prince.
The culture and faith of the Beast make for a nice change. In the story the Prince wasn't ...
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Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur33 reviews
Jane Yolen
Graphia, 2004
Pretty Good!
Arthur is the high king of all England, but his people are skeptical and his lords trechorous. The chief of those is Morguase, queen of the Orkney islands, the north witch. Four of her children are sent to Cadbury(Yolen's verison of Camelot) and a messenger deems one of them an assasin. All the ...
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